Is Cry You Cry’n?

(2w/5m) Grace is staging a green-card wedding at her house: Tashie–who recently came from Trinidad with her son Likkle–is marrying her Americanized ”cousin” Nap, who brings his “friend” to the wedding. Many years later, four fraternity pledges are experiencing their last night of hell week before becoming full-fledged brothers: they make dances, crack jokes, and test one another’s love. Both stories take place in the same basement, with double-cast actors blurring the lines of identity. “If cat mek kitten in an oven does that make it bun?” is a Trini saying our mothers might tell us if we dare suggest we are not really Trini. Is Cry You Cry’n? is about the dream this proverb aspires to make real. 

• May 2025: Clubbed Thumb & Brown University Showcase Reading, directed by Raz Golden

• March 2025: Thesis/Workshop Production at Brown University’s Writing is Live, directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps

  • Cast: Lucia Aremu, Kayla Bennett, Henry Nwaru, Austyn Williamson, David Bertold, Natan Rodrigues, Sebastian Botero

  • Crew: Renee Surprenant Fitzgerald - Set Design | April Hickman - Costume Designer | Nic Vincent- Lighting Design | Alex Eizenberg - Sound Design | Ford Rowe - Props Design | Shayok Misha Chowdhury - Dramaturg | Maxime Hendrikse Liu - Intimacy Coordinator & Fight Director | Tristen Moseley - Stage Manager | Ari Cleveland - Assistant Director | Eric Hadley - Assistant Director | Elena Genao - Assistant Stage Manager | Chloe Rombaut-Enriquez - Props Assistant | Baylie Hartford - Props Assistant